Lesson Three Essential Questions: -What is government? - Why is government necessary? - Why are rules and laws necessary?

- How are rules and laws created? NCSS Themes Addressed: VI: Power, Authority, and Governance X: ivic Ideals and Practices Essential Skills: ! "tudents will #e a#le to e$%lain cause and e&&ect relationshi%s ! "tudents will #e a#le to com%are and contrast di&&ering sets o& ideas, values, %ersonalities, #ehaviors, and institutions' Objectives: VA Social Studies SOL 3 !"- (he student will recogni)e the im%ortance o& government in the community, Virginia, and the *nited "tates o& America #y -e$%laining the %ur%ose o& rules and laws -e$%laining that the #asic %ur%oses o& government are to ma+e laws, carry out laws, and decide i& laws have #een #ro+en' - e$%laining the government %rotects the rights and %ro%erties o& individuals' VA Lan#ua#e Arts SOL 3 $ (he student will write &or a variety o& %ur%oses' a, Identi&y the intended audience' #, *se a variety o& %rewriting strategies' c, Write a clear to%ic sentence &ocusing on the main idea' d, Write a %aragra%h on the same to%ic' e, *se strategies &or organi)ation o& in&ormation and ela#oration according to the ty%e o& writing' &, Include details that ela#orate the main idea' g, -evise writing &or clarity o& content using s%eci&ic voca#ulary and in&ormation' %aterials: ! (he students will need a %encil and their writer.s note#oo+' ! (he teacher will %rovide resources &or students such as classroom %osters generated #y the students containing a%%ro%riate in&ormation and &h' (o &e )ave La*s+ #y /a0ueline Gorman'

,nstructional -rocedures: ,ntroduction .!"/!0 minutes1:

! "tudents will gather on the car%et area where they will #rainstorm as a class onto chart %a%er what a community would #e li+e without rules and laws' ! (he teacher will write down the students. ideas ! (he teacher may %rom%t students thin+ing #y as+ing ! 1What +inds o& things may occur?2 ! 1What would students accom%lish during the school day?2 ! 1Would there still #e school rules?2 ! 1Who would en&orce the school rules?2 ! 1What +ind o& community would we have without %olice o&&icers?2 ! 1What i& our town had no laws?2 1What i& our country had no laws?2 ,nstructional Strate#ies .!0/2" minutes1: ! (he teacher will share with the students what the three di&&erent writing %rom%ts are' (hey will #e instructed that they are to %ic+ one writing %rom%t to write a#out in their writer.s note#oo+' (hey are to wor+ inde%endently at their des+' ! What would a school #e li+e without a %rinci%al? ! What would a town loo+ li+e i& its citi)ens did not &ollow the town rules and laws? ! What would it #e li+e to live in a country without a %resident or any &orm o& government? ! "tudents will #e instructed to write the to%ic they %ic+ed as the header in their writing note#oo+ so it can #e 0uic+ly identi&ied should others read it' Summar' .2" minutes1: ! (he students will gather on the car%et a&ter the alloted time to com%lete their writing %rom%t is u%' ! "everal students will #e %ic+ed to share their ideas with the class' ! (he class will then %artici%ate in a class turn and tal+ to %rovide suggestions and ideas &or im%rovement' (hey will also discuss why it is im%ortant that we create, &ollow, and en&orce laws within our school and community' ! (he teacher may %rom%t students with 0uestions during this time in order to &urther their thin+ing: ! 1What should we do to en&orce rules at school?2 ! 1Why does a good citi)en a#ide #y rules and laws?2 ! 1Why is it im%ortant &or a town, state, or country to create laws and en&orce them?2 ! 1Would you li+e to #e a mem#er o& a community that did not have rules or laws?2 Assessment: ! 3ormative assessment will ta+e %lace through o#servations' (he teacher will circulate the room while students are writing and ma+e anecdotal notes' ! 4#servations will also occur when the students discuss their ideas and suggestions &or im%rovement with their %eers on the car%et' ! (he teacher will also #e a#le to collect and read each student.s writing entry in order to gain more in&ormation regarding their understanding o& the to%ic' Accommodations and (i33erentiation

! "tudents who &inish early will #e allowed to draw a %icture to re&lect their writing ideas' ! "tudents who are una#le to &inish in the alloted amount o& time will #e allowed to wor+ on the writing %rom%t during &ree time or writer.s #loc+' ! "tudents who may have trou#le wor+ing with a grou% to com%lete a #rainstorm may wor+ in a grou% where the teacher is %resent to &acilitate thin+ing' ! (actile learners will #ene&it &rom #eing a#le to write in their note#oo+' ! Visual learners will #ene&it &rom using availa#le resources located throughout the classroom' (hey will also have the o%%ortunity to read the writing %rom%ts' ! Auditory learners will have the o%%ortunity to listen to the writing %rom%ts when they are read aloud #y the teacher' Technolo#' ,nte#ration: ! (here will #e no technology %resent during this lesson'